An exaggerated feeling of physical and mental well-being, especially when not justified by external reality. It may be induced by drugs such as opioids, amphetamines, andalcohol and is also a feature of mania.

Mood in the normal range, not depressed or elevated

Unrestrained expression of one's feelings, often over valuing one's significance or importance

Absence of or diminution in the amount of emotional tone or outward emotional reaction typically shown by oneself or others under similar circumstances; a milder form is termedblunted affect

A continuous stream of talk in which the patient switches rapidly from one topic to another and each subject is incoherent and unrelated to the preceding one or is stimulated by some environmental circumstance. The condition is frequently a symptom of acute manic states and schizophrenia.

Duel Tendency to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than one's own behavior.

Exaggerated belief or claims of one's importance or identity, often manifested by delusions of great wealth, power, or fame.

Sensory perception that compellingly appears to be a real and true perception, but occurs without external stimulation of the relevant sensory organ

Abnormally increased arousal, responsiveness to stimuli, and screening of the environment for threats

Related to the state preceding sleep; applied also to various hallucinations that may manifest themselves at that time.

Persisting after sleep; applied to hallucinations occurring on awakening.

A pervasively elevated mood (with or without irritability) where an individual is extremely energetic, talkative and confident but engages in risky or otherwise inadvisable behaviors. This behavior is not to the extent that it necessitates hospitalization, psychosis or marked impairment of functioning.

Belief that casual incidents and external events have a particular and unusual meaning that is specific to the person

Misperception or misinterpretation of a real external stimulus

Incongruent with the situation or with the content of a patient's ideas or speech.

Speech or thinking that is nearly incomprehensible to others because words or phrases are joined together without a logical or meaningful connection

Legal term indicating a degree of mental illness that negates an individual's legal responsibility or capacity

Process by which people form opinions, reach conclusions, and make critical evaluations of events and people based on available material

Showing a near lack of concern about symptoms (often seen with neurological symptoms, especially paralysis)

Rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli.

An abnormal flow of words, some or all of which may be meaningless or invented (neologisms).

A thought or communication pattern characterized by diffuse, vague, confusing and illogical connections between one idea to the next.

State of mood, energy, and thought characterized by excessive excitement, exalted feelings, elevated mood, psychomotor over-activity, and over-production of ideas that is present to the degree that it impairs functioning or requires hospitalization

Having diminished arousal and awareness, often as the result of intoxication, metabolic illness, infection, or neurological catastrophe.

A persistent idea or impulse that cannot be eliminated by reasoning, sometimes unwanted or ego-dystonic

Hallucination involving the perception of odor

Awareness of one's environment, with reference to place, time, and people.

Exaggerated, sometimes grandiose thoughts that one is being harassed, persecuted or unfairly treated.